Hear Miranda Lambert’s New Single, ‘Keeper of the Flame’

Miranda Lambert has selected "Keeper of the Flame" as the next single from her newest album, 2016's The Weight of These Wings. Readers can press play above to hear the dreamy tune, which will officially go to country radio on April 16.

Written by Lambert, Natalie Hemby and Liz Rose, "Keeper of the Flame" finds Lambert reflecting on her role as "the keeper of the flame / The teller of the story / The keeper of the flame / For the ones that came before me." There's an ethereal quality to the song's melody and instrumentation -- and even to Lambert's vocals -- throughout the track.

"I'm walking in their footsteps / I'm singing their old songs ... I'm bent, but I'm not broken / I'm stronger than I feel / I'm made of flesh and bone, not made of steel," the country star sings in the song's first verse. In the second verse, she croons, "Sometimes I'm just a flicker / A candle in your eye / But I swear to God, I'll never let it die."

“Every record I’ve ever made has been a reflection of where I am right then in my life, however old I am. And I’ve never held back at all,” Lambert explains. “But this time, with what I happened to be going through in my life, being honest was never really a choice. Everybody knew anyway. So I just said, I’m gonna journal it, and — good days and bad days — use it for my art.”